31/08/2026
Some clients come for the famous places. Others come because they want to explore what hasn’t been explored yet.
was one of those rare clients, genuinely eager to step off the beaten path and explore some of North Macedonia’s unknown chalk streams and remote mountain waters, where even we still have plenty left to discover.
This trip took us high above the tree line, through an alpine landscape of wildflowers, butterflies and limestone cliffs, searching for the rumoured big brown trout holding in the deeper pools of a remote canyon.
We didn’t find the big fish we were looking for. Instead, we found ourselves facing a brutal hike, steep cliffs and terrain where fishing sometimes felt more like climbing than fishing.
But that’s exactly what made the day special.
For us as guides, these are the clients we love having, people who are willing to explore, take the hard walk, accept that the fish aren’t guaranteed, and appreciate the place itself as much as the catch.
The little “landlocked” brown trout of these high-altitude streams are something truly special, isolated above the limestone escarpments where the river disappears underground and springs back to life further downstream.
A wild place, a difficult adventure, and a client who was happy to go looking for something unknown.
That’s the kind of fishing we love to share.